In this movie, we're going to talk about the relationship between Camera Raw andPhotoshop. And we're going to do that because in thiscourse you'll encounter and discover many of the benefits of working with CameraRaw. And along the way you may be wondering,well, should I be using Camera Raw or should I be using Photoshop?In order to talk about this topic, I want to show a few image examples and walkthrough a few slides. So let's begin by taking a look at thisphotograph here. Now this photograph obviously didn'tappear this way when I pushed the shutter release button.

This image has been through a workflow or it's been through a process.And if we examine that process, I think we'll learn something important about therelationship between Camer Raw and Photoshop.In this next slide, you can see the overall process.In the far left corner, you see the original image as the camera recorded it.Then, in the middle, you'll encounter the image after it was worked on in CameraRaw. And last, but not least, in thebackground, we have the photograph after it was processed or edited in Photoshop.And so here we're encountering that there is a workflow, which begins in Camera Rawand often ends in Photoshop. In many times, the difference between ourwork in Camera Raw and Photoshop will be dramatic like this.

In other situations, like in this next example, the results are a bit moresubtle. On the far left hand side, we have theoriginal photograph. Then the right, we have the image afterit's worked on in Camera Raw. Now if I show you the results in Photoshopyou have to look really closely. Here's the image after it was processed inPhotoshop. The differences between Camera Raw andPhotoshop are really subtle. Yet you can see those.Again, here's Camera Raw and here's Photoshop.They're subtle yet, nonetheless, significant.And, again, they reiterate this point that it's about Camera Raw and Photoshoptogether. It isn't an either/or question.

Rather, it's both/and. And if we can use these two tools togetherand if we can use both of their strengths, this will allow us to accomplish and tocreate sunny results. Let me illustrate this with a few moreslides. On the left hand side, you can see we havean image which is representative of our work with Camera Raw.On the right, we have a photograph or a screen grab which is representative of ourwork with Photoshop. And if we had to distill this a littlebit, we might say that our work in Camera Raw is all about making big, broad, orglobal adjustments. Now of course, this is a little bit of anoversimplification, but in typically what we do, is we start off making adjustmentsto the entire photograph, then when we go to Photoshop, we're able to make reallysmall or precise or really creative local adjustments.

These allow us to work on our image in really particular or really specific ways.Another way that we might think about this is that in Camera Raw, we can workquickly. Because we're raw processing our image,this allows us to be really quick and also flexible.In contrast, when we work in Photoshop, we have larger file size.This allows us to work with precision. It also allows us to do things which areincredibly creative. You know, with Photoshop, you canaccomplish almost anything. Now, it doesn't mean that one tool isbetter than another. Rather it's about both of these toolstogether. And typically in most effective workflow,our workflow begins with Camera Raw. And then often it ends or finishes withPhotoshop. And again, it’s about the combination ofboth of these tools together, which will allow us to accomplish great results.

Now I should also point out that we don’t always have to finish our photographs inPhotoshop. Sometimes you’ll finish your work inCamera Raw and you’ll be done. Yet in other situations, you may need tobring an image over to Photoshop in order to apply a creative effect or to retouchan image in a certain way. And so again, it's all about combiningthese two tools together in order to achieve the best results.

Resume Transcript Auto-Scroll

Author

Updated

10/9/2014

Released

6/20/2013

Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8 enables photographers to open and manipulate raw-format files with an exceptional degree of control over exposure, sharpness, and other characteristics. Learn how to work with its features and take your images from raw files to polished photographs with these tutorials from teacher and seasoned photographer Chris Orwig. Discover how to improve and correct exposure problems, crop and recompose photos, and create compelling black-and-white conversions of full-color photographs.

Topics include:

What is Camera Raw?

Comparing RAW and DNG file formats

Setting preferences

Cropping and composing

Recovering shadow and highlight detail

Improving clarity, vibrance, and saturation

Making strong black-and-white images

Reducing unwanted noise

Sharpening your photographs

Skill Level Beginner

3h 52m

Duration

181,285

Views

Show MoreShow Less

Q: This course was updated on 07/09/2014. What changed?

A: We added a video covering the new Preview feature, introduced in
Camera Raw 8.4, and a "What's new?" movie reviewing the changes Adobe
introduced in the 2014 update to Photoshop CC.

Q: This course was updated on 10/09/2014. What changed?

A: We added seven new movies, which describe features and
enhancements in the October 2014 release of Photoshop CC. New movies contain
the "CC 2014.1" tag next to their names.